11-07-2019, 08:01 AM
Austin managed to make the Seven affordable by keeping production costs down. Using a valve chest/tappet cover made from flattened out biscuit tins undoubtedly saved three farthings, but costs rather more per month in oil loss. I have tried silicon o ring material, pretend to be as delicate as a piano tuner in tightening but not overtightening the knurled knobs. Using blue goo worries me in case I have not been sufficiently sparing, and some might get into the oil and thence jets etc. I have wondered whether to rake through the stores in search of some boatbuilding tools of my youth, but I'm not sure that using a caulking mallet to drive oakum round the cover would work. Yesterday I spent happy hours on the phone talking to our invariably helpful and friendly cherished suppliers. Sadly, they either did not choose to stock aluminium covers, or had none in stock.
Does any one either have an ali cover surplus to their requirements, or suggest a supplier, cherished or otherwise, who might have one that I can purchase?
Does any one either have an ali cover surplus to their requirements, or suggest a supplier, cherished or otherwise, who might have one that I can purchase?